[REBOL] Re: Introduction
From: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 24-Apr-2001 17:50
Welcome aboard Tom! --Ryan
Tom Schaeper wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> May you only receive this post once. Yesterday I posted from my webhosts
> email browser and it got a little carried away and sent several posts. The
> webhost is currently head scratching on the problem.
>
> My name is Tom Schaeper and I'm and language junkie. I love new languages
> because the paradigm of each one forces a new way of thinking about a
> problem.
>
> I am at heart a Basic programmer and my profession is as a programmer in
> PICK/Universe/Unidata databases. I chose that vocation because the
> enviroment encouraged creating applications as opposed to writing code, much
> like REBOL.
>
> Over the years I have dabbled in:
> Forth: wrote a pong style game on an Atari 800
> C: Not really my style
> Snobol: Kinda fun once you get the syntax
> APL: Wonderfully compact language
> LISP: Very powerful, but pretty ugly
> Fortran: I prefer BASIC
> COBOL: Just say no : )
> PL/I : see COBOL
> PASCAL: Fun, but a lot of work
> Perl: Created dynamic replicating web pages
>
> REBOL is just amazing. So much power in so little space! Reminds me of Forth
> with a readable syntax. If it had a good multidimensional database behind
> it, I think it would rule the world.
>
> Thanks for your patience with my ramblings. I enjoy all your posts and read
> every one.
>
> Take care,
> Tom Schaeper
>
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Ryan Cole
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